August 3, 2001
Entrepreneur and Rock Star Help Finance New Science Building at U. of Virginia
One is an affluent entrepreneur, the other a rich rock star. Both have money to burn.
Pleas to share the wealth came from William A. Jesser, chairman of the materials science and engineering department at the University of Virginia.
Eager to raise funds for a $28-million science building, Mr. Jesser called first on Gregory H. Olsen, who worked under the direction of Mr. Jesser while earning a Ph.D. (1971) from Virginia. Mr. Olsen went on to found Sensors Unlimited, a
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